November 2011, Change Media’s Christie Walk – A Piece of Eco-City wins at the MyHero International Film Festival in Los Angeles
Christie Walk – A Piece OF Eco-City, our collaboration with the inner-city eco-housing community of Christie Walk in Adelaide, has won the first prize in the community film category at the 2011 International MyHero Film Festival in the community films category! Well done everyone – it was a pleasure to working with you all on the sustainability resource kit!
Change Media worked with members of the Christie Walk eco-housing project and Urban Ecology Australia to document and produce an exceptional resource about Christie Walk as an example of sustainable urban development.
Over 4 days Change Media delivered training in digital media and created two inspiring documentaries about one of the only inner-city eco-housing projects in the world.
Congratulations to everyone involved in making this project happen!
And a big thanks to our partners on this project: Arts SA Partnerships for Healthy Communities; Urban Ecology Australia; Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board; CSR Hebel; Tallstoreez Productionz
Tuesday July 05, 2011, South East Aboriginal Focus Group wins SA NAIDOC Awards for Yuki project
Congratulations to the South East Aboriginal Focus Group working with us on Moogy’s Yuki – (Moogy’s Bark Canoe) – they have won the South Australian NAIDOC Awards 2011 in the Event category! Well done everyone – it was a pleasure to working with you all on the canoe making project!
This is a fantastic state-wide recognition for the project and a big Thank You for all our supporters, funding partners and communities across the South East, who worked with us over the last year.
May 5th, 2010: I Am A Rocket wins third place as favourite Australian child-made short
This weekend Little Big Shots Film Festival screened all the Australian films in this year’s festival to their official jury of 10 kids and they voted I Am A Rocket in third place as their favourite Australian child-made short.
Congratulations to Abby and the Change Media team at D’faces of Youth Arts Whyalla!
Some of the comments from the jurors (aged from 8-13) included:
“Unique, with a very positive message.”
“Very imaginative.”
Little Big Shot Film Festival is officially launching the festival at ACMI in Melbourne on Sunday June 6, 2010, and they will present a special Little Big Shots award to present to the Change Media team.
Artists Not Aliens wins 2nd Prize at the national ReelLife Film Festival 2008 in Darlinghurst, Sydney
Congratulations to the Dfaces youth arts team – a great outcome for the fledgling youth media centre at Dfaces. We are looking forward to see more great stuff coming out of Whyalla!
have a look at their film Artists Not Aliens here.